The Sun



Average distance from Earth 1.00 AU (1.495979 x 108 km)
Maximum distance from Earth 1.0167 AU (1.5210 x 108 km)
Minimum distance from Earth 0.9833 AU (1.4710 x 108 km)
Average angular diameter seen from Earth 0.53 degrees (32 minutes of arc)
Period of rotation 25 days at equator
Radius 6.9599 x 105 km
Mass 1.989 x 1030 kg
Average density 1.409 g/cm3
Escape velocity at surface 617.7 km/sec
Luminosity 3.826 x 1026 J/sec
Surface temperature 5800 K
Central temperature 15 x 106 K
Spectral type G2 V
Apparent visual magnitude -26.74
Absolute visual magnitude 4.83